Chapter 10, Conversation Summary

Sartorius is preparing to send a recording of Kelvin's brain waves, transposed into X-rays, into the ocean. Kelvin goes to meet with Snow about it, and Rheya plans to wait out of sight in the hall. She will have to use will power to stay out of sight of Kelvin for that long.

Snow tells Kelvin that the experiment is almost ready, and Kelvin reveals that Rheya has learned what she is. Snow guesses that Kelvin wants to leave the station with Rheya, and he points out that Rheya might not be able to survive away from the ocean. He questions Kelvin's motivations and feelings. He suggests that Rheya is designed the way she is in order to trap Kelvin so that he will not want to be rid of her. In the end, Snow tells Kelvin that he doesn't want...